samantha riedel

new Weird Al is such a swell way to put a cap on the work week. the sauerkraut gag was place in this video specifically for me, a person who memorized 95% of "Albuquerque" in high school. also the WAP section is fucking inspired

one of these days I'll have a vacation that's restful! Thanks for being patient while I attempted to do a lil healing. Here's what I wrote about this week:

• South Korea's Supreme Court issued a landmark ruling declaring that gay couples in common-law marriages are eligible for the same health insurance benefits as hetero spouses. Gay marriage is still not recognized in South Korea, but advocates in the region say this could be an inroad for further legal reforms, like much-needed discrimination protections.

• Tennessee reached a settlement with the ACLU which will allow HIV-positive people who were forced to register as sex offenders under the state's "aggravated prostitution" law to apply for removal from the registry. Performing sex work while HIV-positive was made a "violent sexual offense" in 2010, requiring those convicted to register as sex offenders for life. But while that specific statute has been nullified, state officials have promised they will still pursue enhanced "aggravated prostitution" charges against sex workers with HIV, a law that's been on the books since 1991 and has been routinely used to incarcerate Black trans women.

• THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION is a thing that happened this week, reminding everyone that a second Trump term promises a nightmarish collection of anti-trans policies and intellectual/ideological purges on several levels of government and public service -- even if he insists (lies) that "Agenda47" has nothing to do with "Project 2025." Trump's new running mate, reviled Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance, used to be the kind of guy who brought his trans friend baked goods after top surgery but has since become just another MAGA grifting sycophant. At least I got paid to round up the RNC's cringiest anti-trans quotes -- Marjorie Taylor Greene was robbed of the top spot on my list by a real head-scratcher of a "joke," and You Won't Believe What It Is!! are your clicks baited yet

  THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION is a thing that happened this week, reminding everyone that a second Trump term promises a nightmarish collection of anti-trans policies and intellectual/ideological purges on several levels of government and public service -- even if he insists (lies) that "Agenda47" has nothing to do with "Project 2025." Trump's new running mate, reviled Hillbilly Elegy author J.D. Vance, used to be the kind of guy who brought his trans friend baked goods after top surgery but has since become just another MAGA grifting sycophant. At least I got paid to round up the RNC's cringiest anti-trans quotes -- Marjorie Taylor Greene was robbed of the top spot on my list by a real head-scratcher of a "joke," and You Won't Believe What It Is!! are your clicks baited yet

thanks for waiting around for tgirl journalism!

Apparently Cloud Strife limit broke everyone else's Windows machine but left mine alone bc I said her dress looked nice in FF7 Remake. thank you for letting me get work done today cloud strife

If you fall in I'll jump down
and touch your face
while we're both sinking stinking
thinking we won't drown
You are my friend
and what we're doing's too important
for our lives to end quite yet